Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1887-03-09
\ DUEL FOR LOVE.



especially tie uirc-y Wilc slnge-c0ach
q tive 20 md from tho famous and wonder
fni Nososnitc valley i wac ono Of those
events in uy life which. with ia varied
experience and rcfrcsling incG dents, will
mover be- ryottCn, uu.ess memory Itself
Shou,d b. dg'hroucd.
our driver on lhat Yosemite stage-coa"h
was superior 90 his class. Ho was inteiii-
M and In conversation wa or tor. aiming.
Tho weather being delightful, accepted
Is Invitation 20 ride On Ina scat ON ;hs
outside - tho coach. Hc handled the lines
IN the skin 81 professional, keeping
lis seven at'Cls on % lively run on TIE
fOrtUors highway through pinin auI forcs',
oyo' Tie po.ntH,rs, au W and down the
Tggyod h.isido'. which n riIc~7 wore tgn-
F,rous.v steep. lie was % grnlt taiscr. anl.
whi'c keeping his eyes on rs horlos
gnd his hands on hs lincs, his tongue
r.ttl'd on iuHcputinuo1s strcaru Of woris.
OHe of t'io stories az toll N ! wc'l rarnen-
b'r w had i;s' pass tlr1Igl IA, viii
lace W Frcsun Tidts. whru p1i1'.ng % an
tr'l. pail; on, tror; %. cunu,ry, traversal
ly " smrll stream sud surrounded by
furc1ts uuI hrs a. rs.rlrS"l;
40 ypJ ace y9n l'r horde OF shH17 Cr p
ing' There 40 over thirty thousand
rl'c1 'h'rr. iu diIrr' 'f E1r'sl al owned
l.. d.Gc~,ut mon, vi'H,l al rroA OF
Ctz'u wl',s " it1 great she r country
Thor. h. go b'.fcr on tJ1 si1p". YSu
tgIVIta't 'hius thst surh qn'ct nro,S "a
tt1' wtt once Tho rce1o 81 q tcrribl,
t...p.r wogid voui ia. IL w1s. and
wit tel you an about IT, H. occurred
twenty y"Hrs agl. aul was known az liz
iiwc as "Ibc l.yo duel of tic shepherds"
Tho driver th'1 rlvN rae detailed ac.
count g 3o occorrc.cc that to.is place in
thrt IulG rHradi so- Ike rctrs3t In the
ic,rt OF 'h' m3Guia.uE There were three
rlj iuin: shop ranch a. he paid, two Of
aich wcrs owned By ty' y1lac men.
IN lii-frs ,'t Tom uIehlsr. both ~
whom hg1 frN C'cl.' end cr?cr.uteniri
them in 70 Tho Cticr ran"i b.
louie'd o. ou1 IRA Collier. whp lai IA oulT
tul ,ItCr. Jdhc, lc.utiful riI. whose
chief enjoyment was o. assist h,r father
~ cnrivg fpr hls herd Tho two Young
mon and tins p-o,fy g,rl hal bsAn f,r
years on vcgr fr.ca ~ ic.Tns, a1t "a tiiG,.
90 she was dcvI'p,nF into wIllVh1pi,
Fhe bo'tru tio o5i,rt - th'ir rival afic-
tons. Tncf botA Lowell hoe, AL sh,,
Quite Innocent of C@o1 = isp.ripl - she
u'-cc spirit ~ jealousy s1n wts kiuliug
iu thur hearts, was oluGly fs,olUy to
lo.i
Months rol,cl by, aul era lu1lY what
wta st hrst 7u'u1' l1t'olv b''wsel i'm
Enj Tom became in'I1hist into settled
mtrol, which ncitaor tried 20 disguise
Cithor toward one Cn1ih1r nor % th,ir
roighbnrs. This 8'a'c II th.nc1. OF course.
could not continue long wthll, Al op,n
rupture llumgn uttire Is m, sans IA
tho wihlcrGots as 70 10 IN thc great town.
Love and j'l'pusy go as iuScp Jyably to-
gC;hor amlug ths u1uuta.ucers AMI
fLephcr - o. alnnlg ;hN denis,us Of tho
m0st civi1xel cpuman''f on ths elrth.
Wherever youn< .uc MA mGiic1s q we'll,
thCrG love is sure O. bc "a tn midst Of
Them; ald whore love H.. thitAlr jealousy
rcmcth also. II has boon so eve: since the
worl bcrln, Gnl will bo 20 until the
worl shall Cni.
Tho inevitable rapture between .hes9
two lovers of The young ahophcrlcss
cimc. They mct ono cvcIiag at tho gate
of her father's house.
"Jlm Higgins, YOU and are In loyo with
The same woman" sad Toni pashlor,
looking Jim straight In tho oyC. "aui either
one or the other 81 Us must givo hcrup,
grd Tho oue 20 d that isn't M Do you
understand"
II have ncNcr wrorrcd you nor p,-T a
straw IN yourSyay, Tom" said the other.
ave have been good friends all these
years, until you tried 10 stop in between
Jane an me. TEGt won't stand. | will
never give her up-rll die first" Jim's
frst words were spoken I'm Quot, sub.
duel tone II voice, bat the concluding
sentence was uttered with a desperate
emphasis.
"You will hare to give her up" rejoined
Jim.
"Ncycr, unless Jane herself says
mustr
"Thcn let's 20 into the house right now"
proposed Jim, "And have her decide be-
tween nc once for all"
Agreed" said Tom. And they entered
the Collie residence. THO scene that fol-
lowed can not tc described. The two rival
lovers, both protesting their devotion in
bdrn."f words, demanded OF Jane th.t
"bc nlld her choioo bItwcon thrn, thsru
AMI then.
~ wal terrible c-doal for tho simple
hearted young woman Snc was taken by
surpriae, and foeR tins she sat "a one who
had lost tho pow'r Of spcoch-dazal,
ir,gh'enel. silent Tue eager. excited OK
pr'aaiou of ihcir faces tariff, Il nor
'ICO ia, JIuO-spea'S ont Just az your
own h'nrt 70 'ls--whi,d Of us do you pre-
f'rf d3mt1l'd jim; "your anawer will
sole il bitw1ro Va oucs for all"
''Gcq, sreaS just IS you fo,i about 70,
J'nc," aa.d Tom; 'y5u must have yOur
phoicn IL u Tim or nai"
II can't won tt don't know" final
~ exclaimed Jana, partially IVclvering
l.sr cOurGy, Aui thon shc gave way TO
soh' and tears "a II hcc heart would brcak
Those two young mon were generous
end gallant "a well "a brave. aud OF course
thoY ~ ones Joined IN pouring thu oil OF
ro'Efying words upoa the troubled waters
Of nor soul. an left IA, hou1a together.
"Jiin, n you arc as sct "a this matter az
an" said Tom, whom tn2y reached the
pubtc road. "thoros only one othrr way
left for M, and that Ia % light caat
endure this worry any longer"
WOLF promptly replied Jim, "thnn
eight lot 70 %. I'll meet YOU any time or
my whore you choose. You and are n
rooJ match with our rifles. IwOuld sooner
be killed than give up Jane"
They parted. Next morning CT sunrise
two riilp-shots sounded sharply froia tho
cGg, Of the noighhoring forest, and the
eOund echoed and rcvcrbcratcl through
the startled hills and valleys for milos
around. Tho report or the hunters gun
had often boon heard there, but tho noise
malo by those two simultaneous rife dis
charges was unlike any sound that had
over been heard in that nook before The
birds that had boon welcoming She rising
Gun wish thclr cheerful warblings flutter-
"a Suddenly Gnl were silent Tic wild
beasts In the deep forest near by were tor
Iafod as II pursued by do1dly enemy.
The tiocks Of sheep gazing on the lowlands
were panic stricken and God 20 the hills.
There must have been some hing appalling
IN the sharp, rcvcrber9ting echoes ofthose
two Iias-shotS.
A duel bah been fouget In that forests
edge. IL had been prearrangod the night
hcfove. There werc only two men present
jim Higgins aud Tom DaShlcr. jim was
shot through the heart, and lay q corpse
~ the foot Of an Old oGk tree. and Tom,
wounded in his P.ght arm. was writing
IA agony, when Ira Collier, their neighbor,
attracted by tho unearthly report OF the
riflo-sbo;s, came upon the scene.
Shy agreement we met here this morn.
ing" said Tom, undressing ME. Collier,
"to decide with our rifles which Of US two
should have your daughter Jane for his